I think bosses, doctors, ect should be able to look at your public
profiles, because if they are public, anyone can see it afterall. However,
I don’t think they should be allowed to take action based apon it, maybe
talk to you about what you’re posting, but not take action for something
you did outside of the workplace/surgery ect. ﻿

I think doctors checking it out is fair enough. Employers, not so much. Its
one thing to drink and socialise when it doesnt affect your career. Who
cares if you are in a photo at the bar while you’re applying for a job,
everyone does it! If drinking and socialising affects your health (ie.
liver transplant) that’s significant enough that it would matter, because
there are strict rules about it.﻿

That’s like telling people to stop using YouTube. Even though it’s a social
networking site it’s also a form of entertainment. You have to respect
that, and besides you always leave a digital shadow no matter where you are
on the internet. The only way to be truly safe is by living an Amish life,
and abandoning technology all together.

This is why I don’t use my REAL name on ANYTHING online. I have an online
persona that I use for everything… Ravynskye. But, it’s NOT my REAL NAME
and I think anyone who posts questionable things online, under their OWN
name, is asking for trouble. See, I remember back when AOL charged by the
minute, and the first thing they told ALL of us kids was to NEVER tell
anyone online your personal information. Somewhere along the line, we
totally forgot about internet security and privacy.

i see no problem with a doctor looking seeing anything that someone posts
on social media. it is equally accessible to your doctor as it is to the
guy in Brazil you don’t know is stalking you. my opinion might be scewed
because i haven’t used facebook or twitter in over a year though

Before people start bitching about those who “abuse” the medical system.
I’m not pretending it’s ok, just not the end of the world. Maybe you should
read Orwells 1984. Spying on people is wrong, even if you are doing it for
the “best intentions”. Speaking as a parent no younger then some of you. It
looks like the lessons we learned growing up in a time where we understood
that those in authority can’t be given our arbitrary trust. It looks like
we’re not doing a great job at passing that info on

I think the dumbest thing I’ve seen to do with this was a Massive long
description on a perfectly open Facebook page, about how facebook does not
have this persons legal permission to use anything they said or did on the
site for themselves, and I just thought “This is the best examples of
someone who think’s they know how stuff works, but didn’t read the terms
and conditions…”